Boris focuses on product and development strategy for the Axiell Group, the largest LMS Company in Europe. He was formerly MD of the Axiell BOOK-IT business offering IT services to over 200 customers in Sweden and Denmark. A Masters Degree in Librarianship followed studies in History of Ideas and Social Sciences. Boris worked for 13 years in Sweden’s Malmö City Library, latterly as systems and IT manager. Over the last 12 years he has worked for BTJ Sweden and Axiell on all levels in the library automation and the information world. Particular areas of interest: library change processes; the user experience; how the physical library translates to the virtual room; the relationship of public libraries to other cultural services and to the community; the potential for cross-domain services; the library service as a force for creativity and change; the library as a stage (physical and virtual). Boris is an experienced public speaker with previous engagements at Scandinavian library conferences and national and regional level events in Sweden, Denmark and Finland. He presented in 2009 at Online, London on The mobile world, open data and open solutions: what does the future hold? In 2010 at Online, London on The Culture Portal. Has been presenting different themes at CIL Washington, ELAG, Prague and "next library", Århus. Blog http://www.axiell.com/blog